Collapsible bar and cabinet therefor

ABSTRACT

A UNITARY COMPACT COLLAPSIBLE BAR AND CABINET THEREFOR, WITH THE BAR PORTION OF THE DEVICE SPACED AWAY THEREFROM WHEN IN OPEN POSITION AND INTEGRALLY AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO A CABINET FOR READY PIVOTAL OPENING AND CLOSING OF THE BAR INTO OR OUT OF THE CABINET.

Jan. 26, 1971 N. N. ALTER 3,553,203

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lV/L ES {VAL TEE United States Patent 01 3,558,203 COLLAPSIBLE BAR ANDCABINET THEREFOR Niles N. Alter, Hoffman Estates, Ill., assignor toRichard Nelson, Chicago, Ill. Filed June 11, 1969, Ser. No. 832,067 Int.Cl. A47b 96/18, 9/00 U.S. Cl. 312140.2 4 Claims ABSTRACT OF THEDISCLOSURE SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A collapsible bar including acabinet with an open front, a floor or extensible portion pivotallysecured to the bottom wall of the cabinet and extending forwardlythereof and pivotally connected to the front wall of a bar spaced fromthe cabinet in open position, the bar also having a pair of side wallseach pivotally connected to the side edges of the front 'wall forfolding against the rear surface of the front wall in non-use, and acounter top positioned on the upper ends of the front and side walls andpivotally connected to the upper end of said front wall whereby, whensaid side walls are extended, the upper ends thereof support thecounter. When the front and side walls are folded against the rearsurface of the front wall, they and the front wall will fold against theupper surface of the floor portion. The floor portion folds all theparts into the cabinet, and are held therein subject to withdrawal.

DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of my invention infully closed position.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the device of FIG. 1 in fully openposition.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the device of FIG. 1 showing the floorof the bar being withdrawn from the cabinet.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the floor fully open.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the front wall of the bar in openposition, with parts broken away.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the side walls of the bar extendedand the counter almost in horizontal position, with parts broken away.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the bar looking into the rear thereof,with parts broken away.

FIGS. 8, 9 and are cross sectional views taken on the lines 88, 9-9 and10-10 respectively.

FIG. 11 is a cross sectional view taken on the lines 11-11 of FIG. 7.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The cabinet 20 is provided with a back wall 22,side walls 24 and 26, a bottom wall 28, a top wall 30, and a shelf 32for holding glasses, etc. The shelf 32 may be supported by affixing theedges thereof in grooves in the side walls 24-26 and the back wall 20.Or this self may be hinged to the inside of the back wall as shown indotted outline in FIG. 8 and latched in position.

The upper portion of the floor, or extension or platform 34 may beprovided with a carpet or other covering 36. As seen in FIG. 1 or 3, thebottom wall of the floor is embellished to take on an ornamentalappearance iice when the floor is pivoted into the interior of thecabinet. The floor is pivotally secured by a piano hinge 38 to the uppersurface adjacent the front edge of the bottom Wall 28 of the cabinet.The lower edge of the front wall 40 of the bar is secured to the freeend of the floor 38 by a piano hinge 42. In order to elfect properfolding of the front wall with the rest of the structure, it was foundthat the piano hinge should be mounted offset from the rear side of thefront wall 40 and the floor 34 by use of appropriate cleats or strips 44and 46 mounted on the forward end of the floor 34 and adjacent the lowerend of the rear face of the front wall respectively, as clearly shown inFIGS. 5 through 8.

The counter top 48 of the bar is formed with depending front and sidewalls 50 and 52. The top 48 and walls 50-52 are preferably covered witha hard ornamental surface such as Masonite or the like. A portion of theinner surface of the depending wall 50 of the counter top is pivotallysecured adjacent the upper edge of the rear side of the front wall 40 byan appropriate piano hinge 54 whereby the counter top may fold inwardlyagainst the rear side of the front wall as shown in FIG. 5, when inclosed position.

The side walls of the bar 56 and 58 are pivotally secured adjacent therear side edges of the front Wall by piano hinges 60 and 62respectively, as clearly shown in the drawings. Each of the dependingwalls 52 is provided with clips 64 which releasably retain the sidewalls in open position and position the counter top in a horizontalplane as shown in FIG. 8. FIG. 11 shows the details of the clip and itsattachment to the depending wall 52 of the counter top 48.

It is to be noted, as shown in FIG. 5, that the side walls 56-58 lieagainst the rear surface of the front wall 40 when in folded position.

If desired, each of the side walls 56-58 may be pro vided with a pair ofspaced cleats 66-68 to support a shelf 70 in the event storage isrequired under the bar itself, when in fully extended position.

To operate the device of FIG. 1, the upper end of the fioor 34 is pulledaway from the cabinet and it will pivot around hinge 38, The face of thefloor as shown in FIG. 1 will rest on the floor of the room when infully open position (see FIG. 4). FIG. 3 shows the floor being shiftedout of the cabinet. When the extension of platform 34 is placed on thefloor of the room, the front of the bar is shifted a substantialdistance from the cabinet. The front wall 40 is shifted upwardly tosubstantially a vertical plane about its hinge 42 to assume the positionshown in FIG. 5. The counter top 48 is shifted upwardly about its pivot54 from the inner surface of the front wall 40 beyond a horizontalplane. The side walls 56 are now moved outwardly from the position shownin FIG. 5 to that shown in FIG. 6. The counter top is then moveddownwardly so that the clips 64 will lock the side walls 56 and 58inposition. The bar is now ready for operation.

To close the bar, the reverse action is taken. In the event a shelf isprovided for the interior of the bar as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, theshelf 70 must first be withdrawn from between the cleats 66 and 68 andstored within the interior of the cabinet. It is to be noted that theshelf. It is to be noted that the shelf 32 has a Width substantiallyless than the depth of the front wall, side wall and counter top of thebar and the platform 34 when folded together so as they will readily bewholly within the cabinet, without contact with the front edge of theshelf 32.

In the event a glass case is desired, such sectional case as shown at 72may be placed on the top wall 30 of the cabinet, to store glasses and/orother items.

It is also especially to be noted from FIGS. 2, 5 and 7 that the flooror platform 34 extends outwardly from the lower edge of the front walland both side walls. The floor or platform 34 also is of an area tosnugly seat in the front opening of the cabinet and is held therein byany suitable hidden latch (not shown).

I claim:

1. A collapsible bar comprising a cabinet having side, rear, top andbottom walls, in combination with a knock down bar comprising a frontwall, a pair of side walls hingedly connected one to each of the sideedges of the front wall, a counter top hingedly secured to the upper endof said front wall, and a floor between said cabinet and said bar, saidfloor hingedly secured to the lower end of said front wall and at itsopposite end to the bottom wall of said cabinet whereby said front wall,side walls and counter top may be collapsed against said floor and saidfloor shifted as a unit into the interior of said cabinet.

2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the hinge connection of thelower end of the front wall and said floor is offset from said floor andfront wall.

3. The device according to claim 2 wherein the counter top is providedwith downwardly extending clips to anchor said side walls in openposition and support said counter top in a horizontal plane.

4. A collapsible bar including a cabinet having side, rear, top andbottom walls, said bottom wall having an upper surface, in combinationwith a knock down bar comprising a front wall having a rear surface, apair of side walls hingedly secured adjacent the side edges of said rearsurface for folding thereagainst, a counter top hingedly securedadjacent the upper end of said front wall, said counter top havingdepending short front and side walls, side walls extending from saidfront wall and hingedly secured to the rear surface thereof, a pair ofdownwardly extending clips on each side wall of said counter top toanchor the side walls in open position and support said counter top in ahorizontal plane, a platform hingedly secured to the upper surface ofsaid bottom wall of said cabinet, a short cleat mounted adjacent thefree end of said platform opposite the hinge connection to the cabinetbottom wall and medially of the side edges of said platform, a secondshort cleat mounted adjacent to the lower end of said front wall and tothe rear surface thereof, a hinge secured to said cleats whereby thefront wall may be pivotally shifted downwardly against said platformafter said side walls are pivotally shifted to lie against said rearsurface of said front wall, and said counter top shifted about its pivotto lie against said side walls, whereby said folded parts may be shiftedto be positioned in said cabinet.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,141,468 12/1938 Hamaker312140.2

2,577,850 12/1951 Holmes 312l40.2

2,589,441 3/1952 Siegel 312140.2

FOREIGN PATENTS 266,039 2/1927 Great Britain 312258 JORDAN FRANKLIN,Primary Examiner G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner U.S. Cl. X.R. 312-258

